Comments on: Six Shooter Swaps Powder for Popped Capacitors https://hackaday.com/2022/08/29/six-shooter-swaps-powder-for-popped-capacitors/ Fresh hacks every day Thu, 01 Sep 2022 20:50:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: FeRDNYC https://hackaday.com/2022/08/29/six-shooter-swaps-powder-for-popped-capacitors/#comment-6508710 Thu, 01 Sep 2022 20:50:46 +0000 https://hackaday.com/?p=549803#comment-6508710 In reply to abjq.

I admit I got nervous at “multiply both sides by 1”. A necessary step in every wrong proof.

]]> By: Alex https://hackaday.com/2022/08/29/six-shooter-swaps-powder-for-popped-capacitors/#comment-6508215 Wed, 31 Aug 2022 16:04:58 +0000 https://hackaday.com/?p=549803#comment-6508215 Great Build!

]]> By: Alex https://hackaday.com/2022/08/29/six-shooter-swaps-powder-for-popped-capacitors/#comment-6508214 Wed, 31 Aug 2022 16:04:27 +0000 https://hackaday.com/?p=549803#comment-6508214 In reply to PaulG.

awesome.

]]> By: hardsoftlucid https://hackaday.com/2022/08/29/six-shooter-swaps-powder-for-popped-capacitors/#comment-6508119 Wed, 31 Aug 2022 11:35:25 +0000 https://hackaday.com/?p=549803#comment-6508119 is it just thermal heating and phasechange expansion of the electrolyte that pops the capacitor case?

]]> By: 8bitwiz https://hackaday.com/2022/08/29/six-shooter-swaps-powder-for-popped-capacitors/#comment-6507888 Tue, 30 Aug 2022 16:17:51 +0000 https://hackaday.com/?p=549803#comment-6507888 In reply to Ewald.

It was in one of the comment replies, reverse voltage actually reduced the power of the pop.

]]> By: abjq https://hackaday.com/2022/08/29/six-shooter-swaps-powder-for-popped-capacitors/#comment-6507885 Tue, 30 Aug 2022 16:06:27 +0000 https://hackaday.com/?p=549803#comment-6507885 In reply to DavePfz.

You just proved V = V, which is self-evident.

]]> By: chris https://hackaday.com/2022/08/29/six-shooter-swaps-powder-for-popped-capacitors/#comment-6507881 Tue, 30 Aug 2022 15:44:22 +0000 https://hackaday.com/?p=549803#comment-6507881 The perfect weapon for a moonraker reenactment on the ISS.

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